Academic Degrees

• B.A., Spanish, University of Virginia
• M.A.T., Elementary Education (PreK-6), University of Virginia
• M.Ed., Spanish Language and Culture for Educators, James Madison University 

Professional Experience  

Hannah Smith has eleven years of teaching experience in Harrisonburg City Public Schools. She taught first grade for three years and then taught in both kindergarten and second grade on the Spanish side of a dual language program for five years. She most recently worked as an ESL teacher at the middle school level. Teaching in diverse language and bilingual classrooms has led to a professional interest in focusing on students’ acquisition of languages through biliteracy instruction and content and language integration.